Red Letter Sundays, Part IV - YouTube Snowmass Chapel

Sermon by Dr. Robert de Wetter Senior Pastor, Snowmass Chapel Sunday, September 22, 2013 Sermon Notes -- Red Letter Sundays -- Part 4 1. Covered a lot of ground looking at Jesus' self-identity, his behavior, and central themes of his teachings. 2. Background A. Jesus went to both the Temple in Jerusalem and to Synagogues. Was active in Synagogues as we learn in the Gospels. B. Nowhere does Jesus say not to be part of a community of faith. In fact his actions demonstrated the opposite. 3. Ecclesia. A. Greek word used 114 times in the NT that is often translated church. B. Ecclesia basically means assembly. C. There is another word, technically speaking, from which we get the word church that means Lord or Lord's house. D. Jesus used the word 3 times. Matthew 16 and Matthew 18. 4. Matthew 16. A. Jesus says, "You are Peter and on you I will build my church." B. Jesus could have been saying, "Peter, build the church and build the church on me. " Or. "Peter, build the church and build the church on all of my teachings." Or. "Peter, build the church and build it on what you said about me. Build the church on the fact that I am the Messiah, the son of the living God." Or. "Peter, build the church and I want you as a fallible person to get it started." C. Likely saying all four things and more. 5. Based on these four points, what did Jesus have to say about the church. A. Church is made up and composed of imperfect people. Only God is perfect. Churches need to be places where we can be ourselves, don't have to perform, and we relate to others with patience, grace, understanding, forgiveness, and give one another room to practice our faith. B. To be places of welcome, acceptance, inclusion, and hospitality for all. C. To be places where we learn, grown, come to new understandings, and are even challenged to face hard truths. Accountability is part of this. D. To be places of healing in mind, body, and spirit. E. Places where we get in touch with God's claim and call on our lives, palpably encounter Christ, and are set on fire to build God's Kingdom. F. To be places of worship where we will worship with all of who we are never forgetting that we worship God and not the church or its traditions. G. To be a place, fundamentally, about love.

Red Letter Sundays, Part IV - YouTube
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